The fourth quarter of 2015 represents the first time Uber
rides outpaced car rentals on Certify corporate expense reports.
Uber accounted for 41 percent of rides, an increase from 34
percent in the previous quarter, according to Certify's analysis of 9 million
receipts and expenses during the fourth quarter and 30 million receipts for the
full year. Car rentals' share fell to 39 percent during the fourth quarter
compared with 44 percent in the third quarter.
Taxis, meanwhile, lost two percentage points in share
quarter over quarter, accounting for 20 percent of rides. Uber first
surpassed taxis in terms of share during the second quarter of 2015.
Uber’s chief competitor, Lyft, accounted for a relatively
small portion of receipts processed, and Certify did not count it in marketshare
totals. However, Lyft also is growing in use among corporate travelers. It
accounted for more than seven times as many expenses in 2015 as in 2014.
Certify’s analysis shows the growth of the
sharing economy on the lodging side, as well. Receipts from Airbnb rose 259
percent year over year in 2015, appearing most often in San Francisco, Chicago,
Seattle, Oakland and New York City domestically and in Vancouver, London,
Toronto, Mexico City and Sydney outside of the United States.